Name: Saccharomonospora glauca Greiner-Mai et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glau’ca. L. fem. adj. glauca, bluish, greenish, grayish blue, referring to the color of the aerial mycelium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … GLA͡U-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 43769; IFO 14831; JCM 7444; K62; NBRC 14831

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z38003 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Greiner-Mai E, Korn-Wendisch F, Kutzner HJ. Taxonomic revision of the genus Saccharomonospora and description of Saccharomonospora glauca sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:398-405.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Saccharomonospora Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Greiner-Mai E, Korn-Wendisch F, Kutzner HJ. Taxonomic revision of the genus Saccharomonospora and description of Saccharomonospora glauca sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:398-405.

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Record number: 780634